Combined whip-socket and rein-holder



N0- 2|,377- Patented Mar. 28, I899; T. J. WELCH.

COMBINED WHIP'SDCKET AND REIN HOLDER.

(Application filed July 27, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED WHIP-SOCKET AND RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 621,877, dated March28, 1899. Application filed July 27, 1898. Serial No. 687,028. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. WELoH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Salem, in the county of Dent and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedWhip-Socket and Rein-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined whip-socket andrein-holder; and it consists in the novel combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed, and pointedout in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my complete invention,and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line a; a; of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to combine with a practical whip-socket arein-holder which will yieldingly hold or clamp the reins when not inuse.

Briefly stated, the invention consists of a body portion which isadapted to be bolted or otherwise secured to the vehicle-body, awhip-socket hinged to said body portion, a lateral extension forming apart of said socket and normally in contact with the outer plane surfaceof the body portion, a bolt carried by the said body portion and passingloosely through said extension adjacent to the socket, a thumb-nutcarried bythe projecting end of said bolt, and a coiled springinterposed between said extension and nut, the function of which will behereinafter stated.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the body portion, which issecured in any convenient position to the vehicle-body and to which myinvention is adj ustably secured and carried. The whip-socket 2 propermay be of any desirable construction and, as shown in the drawings,willyieldingly and effectually hold the whip. Projecting from the bodyportion is a loop 3, which forms one member of a hinge, and projectingfrom one side of the socket and forming a rigid part thereof are twoears 4 4, which form the other member of a hinge, a pin 5 being passedthrough said ears, thereby hinging said socket to the body portion.Projecting laterally from the socket 2 is a yielding extension 6, theinner surface of which is normally in contact with the outer flatsurface of the body portion, the reins to be held being inserted betweensaid extension and body portion when not in use. Carried by the bodyportion and passing loosely through an opening 7, formed in theextension 6 adjacent to the socket 2, is a bolt 8, which is ofsufficient length to extend a suitable distance beyond the outer surfaceof said extension and screwed on the screwthreaded projection end ofsaid bolt is a thumb-nut 9, a coiled spring 8 being interposed betweensaid nut and extension and encircling said bolt. By this means theyielding pressure of the extension against the body portion is madeVariable, and consequently the reins will be properly and securely held.Formed in the outer end of the extension 6 is an opening 10, whichreceives a ring 11,which is grasped by the hand of the operator formoving the extension from out of contact with the body portion, wherebythe reins may be easily placed in a position to be held, after which thering is released by the hand and the reins securely held.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is A combinedwhip-socket and rein-holder comprising a body portion, a socket hingedto the same, and extension forming a part of the socket and cooperatingwith the body portion, a bolt carried by the latter, and passing looselythrough said extension adjacent to the socket, a thumb-nut screwed uponthe end of said bolt and a coiled spring'interposed between said nut andextension and encircling said bolt, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. WELOI-I. Witnesses:

A. J. ARTHUR, J. M. ORCHARD.

